site.btaConstellations in Nessebar Art Festival to Be Held on August 20-24

Participants from six countries will take part in the 13th Constellations in Nessebar International Art Festival from August 20 to 24, the administration of the seaside resort announced. The amphitheatre in the Old Town of Nessebar will host the official opening on August 20, with the gala concert and awards ceremony set for August 24.

For four days the audience will watch the performances of more than 400 participants from Bulgaria, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Poland from different schools of singing, dance, instrumental music and fine arts.

The forum, hosted by the Municipal Children's Complex, is part of the cultural calendar of the municipality. Its main goal is to provide a stage for amateur art and to promote the creativity of performers from various cultures around the world.

The Ancient City of Nessebar is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The town is situated on a rocky peninsula on the Black Sea, it is more than 3,000 years old and was originally a Thracian settlement. At the beginning of the 6th century BC, the city became a Greek colony. The city’s remains, which date mostly from the Hellenistic period, include the acropolis, a temple of Apollo, an agora and a wall from the Thracian fortifications. Among other monuments, the Stara Mitropolia Basilica and the fortress date from the Middle Ages, when this was one of the most important Byzantine towns on the west coast of the Black Sea. Wooden houses built in the 19th century are typical of the Black Sea architecture of the period.